FH,
if you wish to quote me....there is a "Quote" function you can use that ensures you are restating what I actually said.
It is a small point but carries some real significance as you did not quite get it right.
What I said was....."Over water IMC descent to find VMC conditions.....now who flying offshore has never done that?
Granted it is safer with Radar installed and working....perhaps even having an installed and functioning Auto Pilot."
My offshore flying was done mainly outside the United States with the exception of one Summer in Alaska.
All of that Offshore flying was done on IFR Operations with a lot of flying in Uncontrolled Airspace with no IFR Airways or Control Zones.
There is life outside the GOM.
Am I right to assume you were always at the Small Bird Table where it was VFR/VMC only?
We seem to be viewing Offshore flying through different prisms....mine from an IFR lens....and yours from a VFR lens.
Thus two different kettles of fish.